[mythtv-users] "New Episodes Only" filtering for recording rules

[Mike Perkins]

On 13/06/11 19:23, Martin Moores wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As various seasons are coming to a close (in the UK anyway), such as
> CSI/CSI:NY/NCIS etc etc, I wanted to leave my recording rules in tact, so
> they are ready for next time.  I have never had that many rules, so just
> removed them and re-created them when I knew the series was starting up
> again, but this isn't the best way and is getting harder to manage.
>
> So I checked out the settings via Mythweb and saw I could filter on "New
> Episodes Only".  I changed my rules to have this option, but Myth is still
> scheduling CSI re-runs on Five USA, even though the series has now finished.
>
> I also tried "Exclude Repeat Episodes", but this didn't seem to change
> anything.
>
> I did try and find the right page on the Wiki where this stuff is described,
> but didn't have much luck.  Any advise appreciated.
>
My solution to this was to mark rules for those series as 'inactive'. They still 
show up on mythweb, so if you check that every morning like I do you'll soon 
notice them and reactivate as appropriate when the next series comes along.

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Mike Perkins